Ralf Reköndt wrote: >I still have an original MDV-package of Taskmaster here. Would be >very > interesting for me to know, how it works (internally) and in which > language > it was written. > > Regards...Ralf R.
I've sent him a copy of your email, I'll forward any replies Peter sends. Here is an extract from Peter Jefferies's email where he mentions the history of Taskmaster. It looks like it might be assembler. Taskmaster History: Actually Andrew Pennell started it, he began writing a task switcher for Medic Datasystems. I took it over at Medic, (p.s. using an assembler bought from HiSoft the company Andrew worked for), fixed problems, added a few features. Then Medic collapsed. John Norton, who was a Medic customer at the time persuaded me to finish it and the file tools. John and I became friends and turned out Spellbound and Flashback. I remember one time John surprised me with a 6 foot rotating sign he'd made from scratch, for a microfair show to advertise Taskmaster. It was very impressive, especially for a microfair. Another time we arranged the hiring of an attractive model for a show. But the poor girl just kept getting pushed away as keen buyers crowded round our trestle table. -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: 11/11/2005 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
